Barrick pays 2.1bn/- in royalties to 5 Tarime villages
MARA: BARRICK North Mara Mine has paid 2.1bn/- in royalties to 5 neighbouring villages as a part of the third-quarter fee for this 12 months.
The villages and the quantities paid to them are Genkuru (746.46m/-), Nyangoto (581.17m/-), Kerende (454.22m/-), Nyamwaga (225.99m/-) and Kewanja (98.35m/-).
Barrick North Mara Mine’s General Manager, Mr Apolinary Lyambiko, said on the handover ceremony yesterday that the most recent royalty fee brings the overall royalties paid to those villages for the manufacturing interval from April 2023 to September this 12 months to 4.471bn/-.
“The beneficiaries of these payments are villages that had rights to mine gold in the Nyabigena pit, part of the North Mara mine, before Barrick assumed joint operation of the mine with the Tanzanian government through Twiga Minerals in 2019,” he mentioned.
At the handover occasion, the Minister for Community Development, Gender, Women and Special Groups, Dr Dorothy Gwajima, hailed Barrick North Mara for its royalty funds.
“The royalty payments are helping to improve community services and stimulate sectoral development in these villages,” she famous.
Dr Gwajima is in Tarime District, Mara Region, for the commemoration of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence.
In one other improvement, Dr Gwajima handed over 222 gasoline stoves to ladies from 11 villages surrounding the North Mara Mine.
These stoves had been offered by the mine in partnership with the National Gas Company to assist the federal government’s efforts to cut back the burden of firewood assortment and get rid of the dangers of utilizing unsafe cooking power, as a part of Barrick and its companions’ marketing campaign throughout the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence.
On his half, the Member of Parliament for Tarime Rural, Mr Mwita Waitara, urged the leaders of the beneficiary villages to interact with the general public via official conferences to determine and implement improvement initiatives promptly.
Some of the village leaders who acquired the royalties expressed their gratitude and counseled Barrick North Mara for strengthening its relationship with the encompassing neighborhood.
“The mine has maintained good relations with the general public, particularly by collaborating in sports activities and improvement actions.
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It has additionally fulfilled its authorized obligations as directed by the federal government. We are very grateful,” mentioned Zakaria Machage, Chairman of Nyangoto Village.
The Chairman of Genkuru Village, Juma Elias, thanked the mine and pledged to collaborate with the neighborhood to make sure the funds are used successfully for improvement initiatives.
“We have the funds now, there is no reason to delay projects,” he mentioned.
